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Introduction
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Section 1: What Is Vocational Discernment, and What Does It Have to Do with Youth?
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Section 2: Helping Youth Engage in Discernment
- Prepare – 1 Corinthians 1:18-31
- Stages of Discernment with Youth, David White – Video and Discussion Outline
- Filling the Void, Tim Walsh – Video and Discussion Outline
- Good Ideas/God Ideas, Bill Mathis – Video and Discussion Outline
- Vocation, Bill Mathis – Video and Discussion Outline
- Questions for Reflection
- Additional Resources
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Section 3: The Ongoing Nature of Vocational Discernment
- Prepare – Matthew 13:1-9
- Developing a Sense of Vocation, Caroline Ainsworth – Video and Discussion Outline
- Vocational Discernment, Andy Root – Video and Discussion Outline
- Vocation, Shane Claiborne – Video and Discussion Outline
- The Spiritual Journey of Young Adults, Steven Argue – Video and Discussion Outline
- Questions for Reflection
- Additional Resources
Filling the Void, Tim Walsh – Video and Discussion Outline
Tim Walsh talks about the role substance abuse plays in filling the void in the lives of young people.
Questions for Discussion:
- How do our youth fill the void between the physical and the spiritual? How do we?
- How, without vilifying substance abuse and other addiction issues, can we help youth find another way to fill this void? What role can the church play in this?
- How might we not be too instructional, but instead create a space for allowing youth to seek that spiritual relationship?